One
of two active proposals for designation to development the historic
building submitted to the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, the HBI/TACC/Hicks proposal for
Bike-Kitchen, a combined bicycle repair shop and café, was warmly
received by meeting participants. To see the Powerpoint
presentation, click here. The other proponent for the
property, educator Abram Auguste, has proposed the building as
a licensed early education center by day that would double as a
tutoring center for adults in the evenings.

Neighbors’
comments and feedback supported uses that would enhance the
community’s access to the historic building and enliven the
southeast side of Upham’s Corner’s Columbia Road with a community
oriented use. The Comfort Station is surrounded by the 1630 Dorchester North Burying Ground and meeting attendees universally
endorsed interpreting the history of the burying ground and Uphams
Corner inside the Comfort Station.